The discovery of a dead young
girl, raped, and abandoned,
horrifies the town she lived
in. Soon, the art teacher
(Gamblin) who last saw her
is accused and vilified. While
his wife (recent FIAF honoree
Bonnaire) stands by with
support, she also must attend
to her own priorities.

“Au coeur du mensonge” on Wikipedia in English or français: includes career, personal life, and filmography.

“Claude Chabrol” on Wikipedia in English or français: includes plot, reception, reviews and interviews.

Olivier Barrot is a journalist, author, and television personality who plays a prominent role in French cultural life. He hosts the daily literary program Un livre un jour on France 3 and TV5. He also teaches at Sciences-Po in Paris. Barrot’s most recent books are L'Ami posthume (2008), Ciné Club (2010), Tout feu tout flamme (Cahiers du Cinéma), La Revue Blanche, and Le Fils Perdu (all in 2012). For the past six years, he has hosted French Literature in the Making at New York University. Barrot played a small role in The Color of Lies.

In conjunction with CinéSalon the FIAF Language Center offers a new series of film appreciation workshops before each 7:30pm screening. After the workshop, view the film and enjoy a post-screening get-together with a glass of wine.

Cinéma programs at FIAF are made possible
by the Institut français,
the Cultural Services
of the French Embassy & the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo & the New York State Legislature.

CinéSalon
is sponsored by
Air France and Delta
Air Lines; Lancôme;
Nespresso; & Sofitel.

The FIAF Winter 2014 season is sponsored by Air France and Delta Air Lines, the official airlines of FIAF; the Cultural Services of the French Embassy; the Florence Gould Foundation; the Institut français; National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works; New York State Council on the Arts; NYC Department of Cultural Affairs; the French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater, a program of FACE; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; and Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.